The Republican Party doesn't understand the situation it is in. The blowback for what happened on January 6th has only begun. There is no way any politician or political organization even remotely connected to the incident can come out of this with their reputations intact. 1/

The smart ones are already trying to perform acts of contrition but even they are miscalculating. They are not going far enough. Not even close. 2/
I’m not talking about how it might be a little more difficult to do fundraising in the future. I’m talking about fraternal organizations expelling members; professional credentials being revoked; companies cutting business ties; forced resignations from positions of authority. 3/
Not to mention the actual legal prosecutions and civil lawsuits they will have to face. There will be many. Some of them will succeed. 4/
And then there’s the response from the actual voters themselves. The Democrats are going to be able to hold this over the Republican’s heads for YEARS TO COME. This will not have all blown over by mid-terms in 2022 or even by the next presidential election in 2024. 5/
It will be 2026 at the earliest and that’s if and only if Republicans make an all-out effort to rehabilitate their image. They weren’t willing to do it before, seem reluctant to do it now and may not be capable of doing it even if they try. 6/
It’s not just the fallout from a bungled insurrection attempt that they will have to deal with. We are on track for 400,000 people to die by the time Joe Biden takes office. They all died under a Republican administration. 7/
An administration that often didn’t take the pandemic seriously and when it did was incompetent in responding to it. Against this alone the Republicans might have been able to hold their ground but on top of the January 6th Insurrection? There is no way they live this down. 8/
The smart centrist Republicans will declare themselves as independent or join the Blue Dog Democrats as soon as possible. The “Never Trumpers” will be able to partially disavow everything that has happened and will likely form the core of a new traditional conservative party. 9/
The rest of them? Some Trump-centered Tea Party thing that will rise up. Trump will fleece the rubes and line his pockets with their money but they will never be an effective force in American politics. Thank God. Now let's hope the Democrats don't completely screw things up. 10/
This is the Democrat's chance to prove that they are the party of effective governance. Our nation desperately needs that right now. I hope they are up to the task. 11/11
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My piece in the NY Times today: "the Trump administration is denying applications submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at a rate 37 percent higher than the Obama administration did in 2016."

Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016."
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"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."

Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”

My conclusion:

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It is a series of Sanskrit shlokas recited by Jambavant to Hanuman to remind Him of his true potential.

1. धीवर प्रसार शौर्य भरा: The brave persevering one, your bravery is taking you forward.


2. उतसारा स्थिरा घम्भीरा: The one who is leaping higher and higher, who is firm and stable and seriously determined.

3. ुग्रामा असामा शौर्या भावा: He is strong, and without an equal in the ability/mentality to fight

4. रौद्रमा नवा भीतिर्मा: His anger will cause new fears in his foes.

5.विजिटरीपुरु धीरधारा, कलोथरा शिखरा कठोरा: This is a complex expression seen only in Indic language poetry. The poet is stating that Shivudu is experiencing the intensity of climbing a tough peak, and likening

it to the feeling in a hard battle, when you see your enemy defeated, and blood flowing like a rivulet. This is classical Veera rasa.

6.कुलकु थारथिलीथा गम्भीरा, जाया विराट वीरा: His rough body itself is like a sharp weapon (because he is determined to win). Hail this complete

hero of the world.

7.विलयगागनथाला भिकारा, गरज्जद्धरा गारा: The hero is destructive in the air/sky as well (because he can leap at an enemy from a great height). He can defeat the enemy (simply) with his fearsome roar of war.